Activist investor Elliott sheds most of Dufry stake

ZURICH, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund investor Elliott Management Corp. has trimmed its stake in Swiss duty-free retailer Dufry AG in December to less than 1 percent, the SIX Swiss Stock Exchange reported over the weekend.

The stock had risen more than 10 percent from when Reuters reported Elliott’s 5.6 percent holding on Dec. 20 until late January, before shedding much of that gain in recent trading.

Elliott bought into Dufry on the expectation that the market would come to realise its value, people familiar with the thinking of the hedge fund led by billionaire activist investor Paul Singer told Reuters last month. (Reporting by John Miller, editing by John Revill)